The Twins of Evil Tour was the first double-bill concert tour co-headlined by American rock bands Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson. Launched in support of each band's respective full-length studio LPs, 2010's Hellbilly Deluxe 2 and 2012's Born Villain, the tour visited a mixture of amphitheaters, indoor arenas and outdoor stadiums from September 28, 2012, through December 12, 2012. There were also shows given at smaller, more intimate venues, such as New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom. It was conceived as a follow-up tour for Zombie's Hellbilly Deluxe 2 World Tour. At the time, Marilyn Manson was engaged in their worldwide Hey Cruel World... Tour, thus Twins of Evil became a 'tour within a tour' for the band. It consisted of two legs, with dates in the United States and Europe.
The tour made headlines within the rock community due to a highly-publicized altercation between the bands' respective lead vocalists. Despite this, both frontmen privately made amends, and Twins of Evil became a critically and commercially successful double bill touring franchise, spawning two sequel tours, 2018's "Twins of Evil: The Second Coming Tour" with special guest Deadly Apples and 2019's "Twins of Evil: Hell Never Dies Tour".
Background and development Following the conclusion of Rob Zombie's Hellbilly Deluxe 2 World Tour on May 26, 2012, Manson and Zombie underwent negotiations to launch a double bill tour to cover North America and Europe for the remainder of 2012. At the time, Manson was engaged in the worldwide Hey Cruel World... Tour in support of their 8th full-length studio LP, Born Villain, however, Manson was interested with the idea of touring with Zombie. Hence, the tour was conceived as a 'tour within a tour' for Hey Cruel World... Tour.
The tour began on September 28, 2012, in Phoenix, Arizona, at the first annual Desert Uprising Festival at Ashley Furniture Homestore Pavilion. The last show of the North American leg of the tour was on October 31, 2012, near Dallas. Marilyn Manson played in Latin America as part of his own Hey Cruel World... tour until the Twins of Evil tour moved to Europe on November 26, 2012. The tour concluded on December 12, 2012, in Bologna, Italy.
Incidents A feud began between Manson and Zombie early into the tour. The day after the October 11, 2012 performance at the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Manson took to the social networking service Twitter and posted, "Sorry to Chicago for not getting to play 'Beautiful People.' You can sing it in between Zombie songs, his band has already played it."
The row then escalated the next evening during the tour's engagement at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Detroit, Michigan. Manson came to believe that Zombie had deliberately cut into his set time and launched into a tirade saying, "I'm sorry if you came to see Rob Zombie, and he can't come on, because I'm going to beat his ass ... twice ... three fucking times." Zombie responded during their set by yelling several obscenities directed at Manson. His band then performed their rendition of the song "School's Out" by Alice Cooper and dedicated it to "the only real shock rocker there ever was, Alice Cooper, not some punk-ass bitch."
Zombie also addressed the issue in the social networking service Facebook where he wrote:
Return to Hey Cruel World... Tour Marilyn Manson continued on their Hey Cruel World... tour at the conclusion of the Twins of Evil tour, playing in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on December 15, 2012, and December 16, 2012. This tour concluded in Los Angeles, on February 21, 2013.
Line-up
Marilyn Manson Marilyn Manson: lead vocals, rhythm guitar Twiggy Ramirez: lead guitar, backing vocals Fred Sablan: bass Jason Sutter: drums
Rob Zombie Rob Zombie: lead vocals John 5: guitars, backing vocals Piggy D.: bass, backing vocals Ginger Fish: drums
Tour dates + List of concerts, showing date, city, country, and venue Date City Country Venue Opening Act(s) Attendance Revenue North America28 September 2012PhoenixUnited StatesAshley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion JDevilDJ Starscreamhttps://blabbermouth.net/news/korn-frontman-pulls-out-of-twins-of-evil-tour-due-to-exhaustion 29 September 2012Las VegasMandalay Bay Events Center 1 October 2012West Valley CityUSANA Amphitheatre 2 October 2012Denver1stBank Center 4 October 2012TopekaLandon Arena 5 October 2012Maryland HeightsVerizon Wireless Amphitheater 8 October 2012LincolnPershing Center 9 October 2012MankatoVerizon Wireless Center 11 October 2012RosemontAllstate Arena 12 October 2012ClarkstonDTE Energy Music Theatre 13 October 2012BloomingtonU.S. Cellular Coliseum 15 October 2012YoungstownCovelli Centre 16 October 2012RochesterMain Street Armory 17 October 2012New York CityHammerstein Ballroom 19 October 2012CamdenSusquehanna Bank Center 20 October 2012UncasvilleMohegan Sun Arena 4,867 / 4,867 $192,24721 October 2012ManchesterVerizon Wireless Arena 23 October 2012Glens FallsGlens Falls Civic Center 25 October 2012AtlantaAaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood 27 October 2012Tampa1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre 29 October 2012Little RockBarton Coliseum 30 October 2012HoustonReliant Arena 31 October 2012Grand PrairieVerizon Theatre at Grand Prairie Europe26 November 2012LondonEnglandThe O2 Arena JDevilDJ Starscream 9,592 / 11,816 $556,80327 November 2012ManchesterMEN Arena 6,869 / 8,336 $384,97028 November 2012GlasgowScotlandScottish Exhibition and Conference Centre 29 November 2012BirminghamEnglandNational Indoor Arena 1 December 2012Esch-sur-AlzetteLuxembourgRockhal 2 December 2012BochumGermanyRuhrCongress 3 December 2012AmsterdamNetherlandsHeineken Music Hall 5 December 2012StockholmSwedenHovet 6 December 2012CopenhagenDenmarkValby-Hallen 8 December 2012ViennaAustriaWiener Stadthalle 9 December 2012MunichGermanyZenith 11 December 2012BaselSwitzerlandSt. Jakobshalle 12 December 2012BolognaItalyUnipol Arena
Cancelled or rescheduled shows + List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation Date City Country Venue ReasonLeg 1: North America 2012 6 October 2012 Little Rock United States Barton Coliseum Cancelled 23 October 2012 Boston Agganis Arena Cancelled 26 October 2012 Orlando Tinker Field Cancelled
References Footnotes
External links Official website